Core Coldfusion 5 [With CDROM]

First off, this book doesn't cover every aspect of Cold Fusion. It doesn't pretend to. I agree wholeheartedly with the author's choice of what to cover. You won't find much information about little-used ldap connections in here or what I've come to see as frankly cheesy aspects of coldfusion like CFUPDATE. Maybe it would be nice if they could be covered, but it makes other books are so big that they make nice references but not the best learning tools. This book is the best way to learn Cold Fusion I've seen. It walks beginners through so they really understand each step of the way. And once you're done, you know enough about how CF really works that you can do the things it doesn't cover on your own.The other thing is that it focuses on showing you the kinds of apps you need to build in the real world, and tying those in. It doesn't try to win you over by being cutesy and cracking jokes. If you're not a beginner, the code makes it worth a read.I espcially like the discussion of lists, arrays and structures. Far clearer than in Mr Forta's book which I also have read. Also good is the custom tags chapter. And I have to say this because it gets on my nerves when I see it. This book has probably the fewest typos of any new computer book I've seen. Though it does have a few, they're obvious.

This book is great. It has all of the code for the things that I want to do. So many books like this you get a bunch of code that you can't do anything with. This has so many things you can use right out of the box. What I like most probably is the writing style. This almost reads like a regular book, not a technical manual. Probably 10 times when I was reading I read a paragraph and thought "well what about this?"--and then it was answered in the next paragraph!with all the code and how clear Hewwitt talks this book is more than worth the money

I thought this book was excellent for many reasons. First off, it is full of real world code examples that you can really use. Many books just give you little code snippets to illustrate a function or method, but this book provides good small applications that really show you how things work. In addition, the writing style of the book is refreshingly candid, casual, as well as knowledgeable. I would recommend this book to anyone.